The biggest mystery at this year’s Sundance Film Festival: Who gave Katie Holmes the snip? At a sold-out screening for his new satirical comedy, Thank You for Smoking, rookie filmmaker Jason “Son of Ivan” Reitman was shocked–shocked!–to discover that a 12-second scene of a hookup between Holmes’ journalist character and a tobacco lobbyist played by…
Month: January 2006
Mental Conditioning
As adults, virtually all our actions are conditioned responses. That is, we generally react to whatever happens (a stimulus) in our daily life in the same way each time. This is largely because we live in the same environment day after day, and nearly all of our daily activities are a pattern. We’re programmed to…
Omigod, it's a rabbit!!!!!!!
I CAN NOT stop laughing!!! This woman raises angora rabbits. Yes, rabbits. And, not surprisingly, sells things made out of their fur!! In breeder parlance, the unbelievably fluffy parts around the face are referred to as “furnishings.” (Thanks, neatorama by way of boingboing, for pointing this out!) BEFORE…. AFTER….. Betty Chu’s English Angora, Home of…
Japanese nurse jailed for cruelty
This creeped me out so much that I am going to impose it on all of you…… A Japanese nurse who tore off patients’ toenails and fingernails because of a work grudge has been jailed for three years and eight months. A court imprisoned Akemi Sato after she admitted tearing 49 nails from six female…
Who Owns Seydou Keïta? – New York Times
I remember hearing about Seydou Keita when the 1997 show opened – the buzz I remember was about an African photographer working in essential isolation with minimal equipment about 40 years earlier producing striking modern images that rivaled anything produced by contemporaries that had the “benefit” of being part of the “Art World.” The full…
The Village Voice: Power Plays
As a guy that often has to veer into traffic on my bike because someone is talking on their cellphnone in the bike lane, I love this story…as a guy that sometimes parks in the bike lane and talks on his cell phone…I love this story.. cd The Village Voice: Power Plays Peaceful Gnome Clowns…
Chinese Astrology – 2006, the Fire Dog
As a metal pig born born into the birth chart of the fire dog, I am looking forward to this year…promises to be the best year of my life…that is, unless a tsunami wipes out my little town of Kailua…seems that natural disasters involving water are somewhat common in fire dog years….The last year of…
U.S. Navy Seizes Pirate Ship Off Somalia – Yahoo! News
A pirates life for me…I had a friend that wanted to get that tattooed on her once…I wonder if she was aboard? cd U.S. Navy Seizes Pirate Ship Off Somalia – Yahoo! News DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The U.S. Navy boarded an apparent pirate ship in the Indian Ocean and detained 26 men for…
Iraq's Sadr says his militia will support Iran
This is no surprise but it is getting virtually no press. I find the machinations of the great powers to be fascinating and can’t help but try to see the bigger picture. As in, what are the key players doing right now? What are Russia and China whispering to Iran? What are Isreal and the…
Bill would allow disabled Georgians to keep monkeys as helpers
I almost thought this was a fake story…it’s not. Click on the Helping Hands link to find out more. Isn’t this how the planet of the apes ended up becoming what it became? Before we know it the Statue of Liberty will be all freaky…. cd Bill would allow disabled Georgians to keep monkeys as…